A man has been jailed for five years after intimidating youths at a children's skatepark.
Jamie Garrity brandished the weapon - classed as a firearm - at the park in Prestonpans, East Lothian, in June 2020. Prosecutors told the High Court in Edinburgh that the 35-year-old fired the device, disguised as a torch, 'between 20 to 30 times'.
Garrity, also of Prestonpans, went on to march towards a teenage boy with the nine-inch weapon. The youth then heard a 'distinctive crackling noise', which he instantly recognised as the sound of a taser being discharged.
